Whatever Happened To William S. Fischer?

[JSngry]

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[mikeweil]

Good question - I first heard of him when he arranged for Herbie Mann and Roy Ayers albums around 1970 - very nice and tasteful work, especially his writing for strings.

His debut on Embryo, Circles, was an unusual mix of soul and jazz-rock with a two-guitar combo backed by four cellos - once you get used to it, you notice how tasteful it is done.

Most recent thing I have is his arrangements for Nnenna Freelon's Columbia CD, Listen, from 1994, which he also produced - excellent job.

According to IMDB he is active as a film composer, which is just what I suspected.

[HolgerFreimutSchrick]

I've tried to sum up all the facts about Fischer:

see

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Fischer

Edited August 19, 2012 by Holger Schrick

[DMP]

Listening to "Daddy Bug" right now, never thought the arrangements added anything, probably - reflecting the age - someone thought they would make the album more commercial? Always prefered the later edition, where the over-dubbing was dropped.